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Orang-outang, sive homo sylvestris: or, The anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man. To which is added, A philological essay concerning the pygmies, the cynocephali, the satyrs, and sphinges of the ancients. Wherein it will appear that they are all either apes or monkeys, and not men, as formerly pretended (1699)

Author: Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708; Burndy Library, donor. DSI
Subject: Anatomy, Comparative; Pygmies; Chimpanzees; Monsters
Publisher: London, Printed for T. Bennett and D. Brown, and are to be had of Mr. Hunt
Language: English
Call number: 39088002824027
Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian
Book contributor: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Collection: biodiversity; americana
Notes: Cullman Library (rare book)

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"The ape was a chimpanzee from Africa, and not a true orang-outang."--Dictionary of National Biography

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